Random facts you have only recently discovered

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I found out only yesterday you are not allowed to take photos of the Eiffel Tower at night...mind totally blown

Why not? How could anyone stop you?

You can take photos but not share, sell or publish them due to a French copyright law. Weird.

I recently found out that you should peel a banana from the bottom end, not the end you pull from the bunch. That’s how the monkeys do it, it’s more efficient apparently.

The law

That’s how the monkeys do it, it’s more efficient apparently.

I reckon monkeys are trolling us on that because it’s impossible

Cleopatra lived closer in time to the creation of the iPhone than to the building of the great pyramids. That really blows my mind.

I recently found out that you should peel a banana from the bottom end, not the end you pull from the bunch. That’s how the monkeys do it, it’s more efficient apparently.

I've tried it and it is a lot harder to peel them that way. The monkeys clearly don't know what they're doing.

Haha on the Disney Facebook page op??

I saw that yesterday too mind boggling.

Come on Eileen was a hit nearer to the end of WWII than to today

If you squash the banana end, it splits and it's a lot easier
I don't mind losing that little manky end bit

Hootenanny isn't filmed live on NYE. I felt like my life was a lie when I discovered that. I did always think that the celebs on it must have better places to be but didn't question it.

Oxford University (established 1176) existed before the Aztec Empire was founded (1428-1521)

The “pineapples grow on the ground” and “center Parcs isn’t under a glass dome” crew will be along soon!

lostfrequencies Me too!! The year I found out I had just had a baby, and I was over emotional and just so upset! I now make a point of telling everyone in case they ‘still belive’ 🤣🤣 at the time I literally felt personally offended!

I tried peeling the banana that way and it does seem harder! Obviously monkeys are far better at it

lostfrequency I felt exactly the same when I was told that a few years ago - it's not been the same since!

In the Netherlands it's considered extremely rude and inappropriate to say that you are hungry

Me too spoons but most people look at me like I'm mad for ever thinking it was!

@ShirleyPhallus The “pineapples grow on the ground” and “center Parcs isn’t under a glass dome” crew will be along soon!

And “Gibraltar isn’t an island”!

@ShirleyPhallus

And the arrow on the petrol gauge (no, it's not in every car)
And the toaster numbers are minutes (no, they're not)

Noroominthefridge you just made me feel very old

That you can get an on-line library card for e-books!

I’ve always peeled my bananas that way, I can’t do it the other way with the stalk!

I remember a debate on here about the toaster numbers and whether they were length of time or levels of toastiness. Surely that is the same thing!

Sharks can eject their entire stomach linings out of their mouths like a massive tongue, shake it around to rinse it, then gulp it back in again. Incase they swallow something poisonous.

There are no such fish as "whitebait" it's just a term for any fish of a certain size.

Sweat bands that are worn on the wrists are so you can wipe the sweat from your brow.

I had in mind they were somehow supposed to keep sweat of your hands or something and considered them a bit useless. It was only when I saw a tennis player wiping sweat from their face that it twigged...

I never understood how people believed the toaster numbers are minutes one - my toaster goes up to 9, they really believed it was an option to cook toast for 9 minutes?!